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Sound, Physics and Music

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Music is the art of sound, so let's start by talking about sound. Sound is invisible waves moving through
the air around us. In the same way that ocean waves are made of ocean water, sound waves are made of the
air (or water or whatever) they are moving through. When something vibrates, it disturbs the air molecules
around it. The disturbance moves through the air in waves - each vibration making its own wave in the air -
spreading out from the thing that made the sound, just as water waves spread out from a stone that's been
dropped into a pond. You can see a short animation of a noise being created here 2
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Surf rolling down a beach, leaves rustling in the wind, a book thudding on a desk, or a plate crashing on
the oor all make sounds, but these sounds are not music. Music is sound that's organized by people on
purpose, to dance to, to tell a story, to make other people feel a certain way, or just to sound pretty or be
entertaining.

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780 SCH s

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Houston : Connexions., 2013

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English

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780

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Music
Sound
Physics

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Catherine Schmidt-Jones

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